P. U. Shanmugam

P U Shanmugam
3rd General Secretary of the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
In office
11 June 1980 – 13 March 1985
Preceded byV. R. Nedunchezhiyan
Succeeded byS. Raghavanandam
Convenor of DMK High Level Working Committee
In office
1989–2007
Preceded byposition established
Succeeded byP. V. Kalyanasundaram
K. Ponmudy
Organizing Secretary of Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
In office
1972–1977
Preceded byN. V. Natarajan
Succeeded byNeela Narayanan
Minister for Health, Government of Tamil Nadu
In office
22 October 1986 – 30 January 1988
Chief Minister
Preceded byH. V. Hande
Succeeded byK. Ponmudy
Minister of Local Administration, Tamil Nadu
In office
18 March 1985 – 21 October 1986
Chief MinisterM. G. Ramachandran
Preceded byR. Soundararajan
Succeeded byK. A. Krishnaswamy
Minister of Public Works, Government of Tamil Nadu
In office
1971–1976
Chief MinisterM. Karunanidhi
Preceded byS. J. Sadiq Pasha
Succeeded byPanruti S. Ramachandran
Minister for Commercial Taxes, Tamil Nadu
In office
1969–1973
Chief MinisterM. Karunanidhi
Preceded byK. A. Mathiazhagan
Succeeded byS. J. Sadiq Pasha
Member of Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
In office
1984–1988
Political PartyAIADMK
Preceded byA. Chinnadurai
Succeeded byR. Panchatcharam
ConstituencyMelmalayanur
In office
1971–1980
Political PartyDMK
Preceded byD. Vijayaraj
Succeeded byK. Narayanasamy
ConstituencyTiruvannamalai
In office
1963–1967
Political PartyDMK
Preceded byP. Palani Pillai
Succeeded byD. Vijayaraj
ConstituencyTiruvannamalai
In office
1957–1962
Political PartyIndependent
Preceded byRamachandra Reddiar
Succeeded byP. Palani Pillai
ConstituencyTiruvannamalai
Personal details
Born15 August 1924
Tiruvannamalai, Madras Presidency, British India (
Died11 April 2007(2007-04-11) (aged 82)
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Cause of deathParkinson's disease
Political partyDravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Other political
affiliations
Residence(s)Tiruvannamalai, Tamil Nadu, India
Bangalore, Karnataka, India

P U Shanmugam, affectionately called as Paa Vuu Saa (15 August 1924 - 11 April 2007) was an Indian politician and former minister of Tamil Nadu for Internal affairs, former minister of Public works, former minister of public health and various other portfolios on various tenures. The Dravidian veteran also worked as the Organisation Secretary of DMK and the 3rd General Secretary of AIADMK. He defeated the Indian National Congress candidate in Tiruvannamalai Assembly constituency by-election in 1963 on DMK ticket.